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            "basis": "record",
            "cites": [
              "claim:kcc:form-1"
            ]
          },
          {
            "rule": "Make casings translucent coloured shells, or give them clear accents.",
            "basis": "record",
            "cites": [
              "claim:kcc:form-2"
            ]
          },
          {
            "rule": "Finish surfaces in gloss, chrome and mirror.",
            "basis": "record",
            "cites": [
              "claim:dcc:surface-8"
            ]
          },
          {
            "rule": "Put a specular highlight on the upper part of every glossy object.",
            "basis": "translation",
            "cites": [
              "token_rule:hierarchy-13"
            ],
            "because": "Rank by specular highlight: the highlight is how an object shows it is glossy and near."
          }
        ]
      },
      "imagery": {
        "rules": [
          {
            "rule": "Show translucent coloured casings and blob forms, rendered with gradients and layered transparency.",
            "basis": "record",
            "cites": [
              "claim:dcc:imagery-7"
            ]
          },
          {
            "rule": "Draw objects; do not name or depict a real product.",
            "basis": "translation",
            "cites": [
              "claim:kcc:form-1"
            ],
            "because": "The iMac G3 is the exemplar, but a page borrows the form, not the brand."
          }
        ]
      },
      "components": {
        "button": {
          "name": "Button",
          "becomes": "A rendered button: a rounded, glossy pill of coloured plastic with a highlight across its top half.",
          "anatomy": [
            "full pill radius",
            "pastel gradient body",
            "white specular highlight on the upper half",
            "label in Nunito 900"
          ],
          "tokens": {
            "radius": "999px",
            "background": "linear-gradient(160deg, #FF9ADF, #A6C8FF)",
            "highlight": "linear-gradient(#fff, rgba(255,255,255,.1))",
            "color": "#1D2340"
          },
          "states": {
            "default": "Glossy pill, highlight on top.",
            "hover": "The highlight brightens and the pill lifts 2px.",
            "focus": "3px link-blue outline, rounded.",
            "active": "The highlight drops; the pill sinks.",
            "disabled": "Matte pearl, no highlight, label in secondary ink."
          },
          "accessibility": [
            "The label sits on a solid-enough ground: ink #1D2340 on the lightest stop stays above 4.5:1.",
            "At least 44 × 44px."
          ],
          "values": [
            {
              "rule": "Render buttons as glossy, dimensional objects.",
              "basis": "record",
              "cites": [
                "claim:kcc:interface-1"
              ]
            },
            {
              "rule": "Make the button a pill with no sharp corners.",
              "basis": "translation",
              "cites": [
                "claim:kcc:form-1"
              ],
              "because": "The blobject form has smooth curves and no sharp edges."
            }
          ]
        },
        "card": {
          "name": "Card",
          "becomes": "A frosted, translucent shell floating on the ground; the glossiest card leads.",
          "anatomy": [
            "28px radius",
            "translucent white body with backdrop blur",
            "highlight across the top",
            "ink text on a near-solid ground"
          ],
          "tokens": {
            "radius": "28px",
            "background": "rgba(255,255,255,.58)",
            "blur": "14px",
            "border": "1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.9)"
          },
          "states": {
            "default": "Frosted shell.",
            "hover": "A highlight travels across it once.",
            "focus": "3px link-blue outline."
          },
          "accessibility": [
            "Text never sits on the translucent part alone: the card is at least 58% white behind text.",
            "Order in the DOM is the order of gloss."
          ],
          "values": [
            {
              "rule": "Rank cards by specular highlight and depth: the glossiest, nearest leads.",
              "basis": "record",
              "cites": [
                "token_rule:hierarchy-13"
              ]
            },
            {
              "rule": "Make cards translucent shells.",
              "basis": "translation",
              "cites": [
                "claim:kcc:form-2"
              ],
              "because": "Casings often had clear accents or were entirely translucent coloured shells."
            }
          ]
        },
        "input": {
          "name": "Input",
          "becomes": "A sunken, rounded well in pearl, with a chrome edge.",
          "anatomy": [
            "18px radius",
            "pearl fill with an inner shadow",
            "1px chrome edge",
            "label above"
          ],
          "tokens": {
            "radius": "18px",
            "background": "#F4F5FB",
            "border": "1px solid #C9CFE6",
            "shadow": "inset 0 2px 4px rgba(40,50,110,.18)"
          },
          "states": {
            "default": "Pearl well.",
            "focus": "Edge turns link blue with a 3px outline.",
            "error": "Pink well and a written message.",
            "disabled": "Flat pearl, no shadow."
          },
          "accessibility": [
            "A visible label on every field.",
            "Errors are written, not only coloured."
          ],
          "values": [
            {
              "rule": "Round the field and sink it.",
              "basis": "translation",
              "cites": [
                "claim:kcc:form-1"
              ],
              "because": "Smooth curves and no sharp edges; a field is a recess in the object, not a box."
            }
          ]
        },
        "navigation": {
          "name": "Navigation",
          "becomes": "A row of glossy pills; the current one is the most specular.",
          "anatomy": [
            "pill links",
            "current pill with the full highlight",
            "others matte pearl"
          ],
          "tokens": {
            "radius": "999px",
            "current": "glossy pink",
            "idle": "#E8EBF6"
          },
          "states": {
            "default": "Matte pearl pill.",
            "hover": "White pill.",
            "focus": "3px link-blue outline.",
            "current": "Glossy pink pill with its highlight."
          },
          "accessibility": [
            "aria-current on the current page.",
            "The current pill is marked by a highlight and weight, not colour alone."
          ],
          "values": [
            {
              "rule": "Mark the current page with gloss, not colour.",
              "basis": "translation",
              "cites": [
                "token_rule:hierarchy-13"
              ],
              "because": "Rank by specular highlight: the glossiest object leads."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "motion": {
        "spec": {
          "durations": {
            "sheen": "13–15s",
            "drift": "12s",
            "state": "200ms"
          },
          "easing": {
            "sheen": "linear",
            "drift": "ease-in-out",
            "state": "ease-out"
          },
          "transforms": "translate and a small scale on decorative objects only",
          "entrance": "none",
          "hover": "A highlight travels across once; the object lifts 2px.",
          "reducedMotion": "Everything holds still."
        },
        "rules": [
          {
            "rule": "Let highlights travel across surfaces and panels drift slightly; continuous and ambient.",
            "basis": "record",
            "cites": [
              "token_rule:motion-14"
            ]
          },
          {
            "rule": "Keep text still; only highlights and decoration move.",
            "basis": "translation",
            "cites": [
              "token_rule:motion-14"
            ],
            "because": "Ambient motion on the surface, never on what is being read."
          },
          {
            "rule": "A loading bar or an animated intro belongs to the period web.",
            "basis": "record",
            "cites": [
              "claim:kcc:w2-motion-1",
              "claim:kcc:interface-1"
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "notRecorded": [
        {
          "category": "gridLayout",
          "what": "How compositions were arranged",
          "why": "An open question on the record; the floating layout is our reading."
        },
        {
          "category": "typography",
          "what": "A named period typeface",
          "why": "Not specified by the source."
        },
        {
          "category": "color",
          "what": "Numeric colour values",
          "why": "Not specified by the source."
        }
      ],
      "silence": {
        "color": "source",
        "typography": "source",
        "gridLayout": "source",
        "shapeGeometry": "source",
        "imagery": "source",
        "components": "source",
        "motion": "source"
      },
      "uiNote": "The record documents interface conventions for Y2K. These four components are contemporary builds on those conventions, not historical artefacts."
    }
  }
}